29th September 2006

Vyew and online collaboration

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Ever since I participated in my first skypecast, I’ve wanted and hoped to find a web-based tool that would permit interactive whiteboarding and even screensharing. Web 2.0 guru Cheryl Oakes is, as always, on top of the latest tool developments and brought Vyew.com to my attention in her latest Seedlings podcast on Bit-by-Bit. According to the website:

Vyew is a browser-based conferencing and always-on collaboration platform that provides instant visual communication without the need for client downloads or installations. Vyew’s multimedia workspace enables shared viewing of presentations, files, photos and one’s desktop. Included are tools for whiteboarding, annotating, text chatting, and phone conferencing.

I can’t wait to try it for myself! Commercial tools like MacroMedia Breeze and Windows LiveMeeting are powerful and cool– but pretty expensive. In the education space particularly I’m much more interested and excited about open source and web 2.0 tools– and Vyew is both web-based and free to use now during the beta period! If you sign up now, they will give you 2 years of free use of the tool after the beta expires. I’m in!

I wonder if this is something we’d want to try and use during the culminating 24 hour skypecast we’ve discussed having for K-12 online?

On this day..

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  1. 1 On September 29th, 2006, Steve Dembo said:

    Actually, I suggested the very same thing to Darren. The guys at Vyew are very willing to work with anyone who will help get the word out. I think the limit for the audio conference right now is about 10-20 people, but if you ask them directly, they’re willing to bump that up to quite a bit higher.

    I’ve used it for a view webinars already (including one about free alternatives to expensive software applications), and it worked like a charm. I’m a big fan…

  2. 2 On September 30th, 2006, Cheryl Oakes said:

    You always catch me when I least expect it!
    Cheryl

  3. 3 On September 30th, 2006, Cheryl Oakes said:

    However, I really have to give a shoutout to Jennifer Wagner, the technospud!
    http://www.technospud.com
    Jen was presenting to her group using Vyew, I volunteered to help moderate the Chat and she ended up with Adam Frey, from WikiSpaces on her Vyew-cast.
    So, the conversations continue.

  4. 4 On October 3rd, 2006, Life@Stritch » Whiteboard on the Web said:

    [...] Vyew is a browser-based conferencing and always-on collaboration platform that provides instant visual communication without the need for client downloads or installations. (thanks to Wesley Fryer and his post on this) [...]